Pages

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Spinach Capital of the World

We could not leave Arkansas without a visit to Alma--spinach capital of the world. And what do you think of when you think of spinach--Popeye, of course. Alma is the home of the spinach division of Allen Canning Co. A small city park on Main Street has the statue of Popeye and the town water tank claims to be the world’s largest can of spinach. To me, it looks more like a water tank painted green, but whatever. It was pouring down rain when we tried to see these attractions, so the photos aren’t very good, but you get the idea.

We started the rainy day out with a stop at Starbucks. Haven’t done that in a while. We enjoyed our coffee while reading magazines. After a while we pulled ourselves away and headed to the grocery. We were in the car and driving out of the parking lot when a young man came running out of the store flagging us down. He had noticed I had forgotten my camera which I had hung on the back of the chair. What a fine young man. It was my little point and shoot, but it still costed $300 and I would have been so up set to have lost it.

As promised, I have included a couple photos of our campground. I sorta got carried away with trying to get pictures of the water fowl.

No comments:

Post a Comment

About Us

Welcome to Blue Roads to Hiking Trails. We are Gene, Judi, and Peanut the cat, and we are any time RVers in our Four Winds Class C motor home. Our passion is hiking and exploring the great outdoors.
We are blessed in our retirement with good health and strong legs. Our desire is to see this country and to hike its trails. Our motor home allows us to be “at home” as we travel the “blue roads” to trailheads across America.
It is our goal through this blog to share some of our travel adventures, RV experience, hiking destinations, and, yes, some disasters in the hopes that we might be an inspiration and helpful resource for those who have an interest in travel, the RV lifestyle, and a love for the great outdoors.
We invite you to tag along with us as we travel this journey. Who knows where it may lead, but one thing’s for sure--it will be an adventure. We love to hear from our readers so please leave us a message with your comments and suggestions.